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"Mom, you're on crack," my kids' favorite response to my valuable comments." I like to think of myself as the grandma humorist of the 21st Century. At best, I'm Erma Bombeck on crack.
I've been telling people what to do for years. And for the same number of years, they've been ignoring me. What better way to continue the tradition than to start blogging!
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Oldies by Title
- ‘Tis the season
- 500 days of Penny
- 500 first dates
- A day without a microwave
- A different breed
- A flood of memories
- A fruit falls from the tree
- A funny thing happened to me on the way to…
- A grandma by any other name
- A journey of two years
- A lesson in politics
- A little bit girl, a little bit woman
- A little here, a little there
- A long time ago
- A melting pot
- A mother’s love
- A piece of my heart
- A sense of security
- A sturdy foundation
- A winter’s day in California with grandkids
- Abdication day
- Aged to perfection
- Ageless sense
- All’s well that ends well
- Alligator feet
- Almost Amish x2
- Amazing super heroes
- America the Beautiful
- Amnesia meets deja vu
- Amusement indicators
- Announcing a new “special” day
- Are we there yet?
- As far as I know
- As Seen On TV paradise
- At a disadvantage
- At the elf factory
- Attention!
- Ay ay ay
- Baby of the family
- Back at the ranch
- Backfiring psychology
- Backup plans
- Bacon in her pocket
- Bag ladies and me
- Basketball’s most devoted fan
- Big big milk
- Big numbers
- Big plans
- Bite the bullet
- Bla, bla, blog
- Black Friday amazing race
- Bladder buddies
- Blind leading the blind
- Blue doesn’t work in football
- Blue on blue
- Bob the Builder wannabe
- BOGO loneliness
- Born leaders
- Bottle it
- Bottoms up!
- Bound for the son
- Boyz to maturity
- Breaking the cycle
- Bumps on the road
- Buttons and bangles
- C-sick computer
- C.S.I. grandma style
- Cake and Denim Day
- California here we come
- Californians in snow
- Can you pee?
- Can you say heliconia?
- Can’t wait
- Can’t you just make him small again?
- Captive audience
- Cards of fortune
- Carrot therapy
- Caterpillars and pickaxes
- Caught between
- Caught on video
- Caustic cousin
- Chain link sports
- Chop, chop
- Christmases past
- Clap twice
- Cleaning causes weight gain
- Cleanup crew
- Close to my heart
- Comfort levels
- Coming out even
- Connecting the dots
- Connecting the generations
- Corpse pose is my favorite yoga move
- Cotton candy and bonding
- Cough up the cash
- Couldn’t resist
- Counsel to youth
- Crash diet
- Creation theory — an alternative version
- Dangerous sports
- Dastardly D’s
- Day at the movies
- Day of fools
- Days parents live for
- December already?
- Decorating blues
- Diamonds in the sand
- Directionally challenged
- Disney on parade
- Do I look like a cold blooded killer?
- Do you feel lucky?
- Do-it-yourself appliance repair
- Does any man listen?
- Does this mean I’m not married?
- Dolly
- Don’t forget
- Don’t mess with my Heinz
- Don’t stop believing
- Don’t tell anyone
- Don’t try this at home
- Doubly wonderful
- Down and dirty
- Dreamer jeans
- Driving disorders
- Drum and a fife
- Ducks are cocky
- Easter is my favorite holiday
- Eat, drink and be married
- Egg ain’t what it used to be
- Eight miles and a lifetime away
- Eleventh in line
- Encores and firsts
- End of an era
- Entering the world of soccer
- Every family has one
- Everything I need
- Everything you ever wanted to be
- Everything’s coming up berries
- Excuses of the 21st century
- Exercise overdose
- Faces of the season
- Faces of three
- Failed TV pilots
- Fair play
- Fairy dust
- Faith gene
- Family and other precious things
- Family business
- Family car shuffle
- Family dynamics
- Family glue
- Family showdowns
- Family table
- Family togetherness
- Family vacation Chevy Chase style
- Family vacation nightmare
- Fantasy Parenthood
- Far out!
- Fat Monday
- Favorite quote of the night
- Fearful bravery
- Fifty nine and counting
- Fifty-thirteen
- Finding favor with Linda
- Finding your way
- First born
- First story
- Fish out of water
- Five going on twenty
- Five scary words
- FlapDoodle
- Football makes me nervous
- Footprints in the Jell-O
- For what it’s worth
- Forget me not
- Forget you
- Forgotten?
- Free time
- Freeze dried fish
- Frequently requested Microsoft tools
- Frick and Frack
- Full Christmas
- Fun farts
- Fun rolls
- Game night for seniors
- Game night with grandkids
- Games for miniatures
- Garage sale leftovers
- Geri
- Gifts that keep on giving
- Girls’ night out
- Gnomeman’s land
- Go for it
- Going out on klutz leave
- Gold leaf
- Golden Globe buzz
- Good idea, bad idea
- Grandma proof
- Grandma reservations
- Grandma’s discoveries
- Grandma’s helpers
- Grown up fantasy
- Guess who that is
- Guiltless Thursday
- Habla a la mano
- Hair today, gone tomorrow
- Half done
- Halloween on a budget
- Hanging boobs
- Hanging in there
- Happy day, busy day
- Happy everything
- Happy Mums Dag
- Hard to believe
- Has someone found the ANY key?
- He said, she heard
- Helping hands
- Here we go again
- Here’s my twenty-five cents worth
- He’s a peach
- Hi, Iris
- Hi, My name is Penny and I’m insane
- Hit or miss?
- Hog heaven
- Hola, mama
- Hold my hand
- Holiday preparation
- Holiday shopping
- Holy cow
- Home is where the heart and cupboards are full
- Home sweet home
- Homeland cruise lines
- Homonym humor
- Honeymoon mistake
- Hooker grandma
- Hospital survival bag
- Hot toothbrushes anyone?
- House of mirrors
- How appropriate
- How long is too long?
- How NOT to parent
- How times have changed
- How to heal a broken heart
- How to kill a spider
- How to make churro bits
- How to train a grandma
- Hypochondriac’s dream
- I am my father’s daughter
- I am so sore
- I am woman, hear me roar
- I can do that
- I didn’t know Elvis was Thai
- I don’t know these old people
- I don’t know what that means
- I don’t remember
- I don’t do proper nouns
- I have been a very bad girl
- I killed the Pillsbury doughboy
- I know somebody who knows somebody
- I lied
- I might cook like this
- I need a vacation from my vacation
- I see the party lights
- I surrender
- I think I can, I think I can
- I’m outta here
- Ideas to beat boredom
- If it’s not one thing, it’s another
- If you could live your life over
- In the twinkling of an eye
- Infomercial junkie
- Into the holidays
- It must be time
- It’s me
- It’s part of growing up
- It’s snot either
- I’ll have a ticket with that
- I’m a rescuer
- I’m old enough to be thankful
- Jack Benny and the GAP
- Jaws of life
- Jump to 2013
- Just like Grandma
- Just me and the Mouse
- Keeping in touch
- Kinds of men
- Kirk who?
- Kna Kna
- Laugh of the devil woman
- Leave them alone
- Les Mess
- Let me introduce you to my family
- Let us be grateful
- Let us not forget
- Letter to Santa
- Letting go, almost
- Let’s spice it up
- Levitating grandma
- Life is no dress rehearsal
- Life’s subtle changes
- List for the doctor
- Little bite of Denmark
- Little boys never grow up
- Little ole’ lady
- Living with Lucy
- Long ago in the land of milk and cookies
- Long shot
- Longing
- Lost in Yorba Linda
- Luck of the Irish
- Luck, health and happiness
- Luxury suite
- L’shanah Tovah
- Magical little boys
- Make new friends
- Making do
- Making the best of your day
- Mammal peer pressure
- Man of few words
- Mario’s secret
- Maroon 7
- Masochistic grandma
- Meeting for dinner
- Memories are forever
- Memories in storage
- Memory lane
- Menopause is an acronym
- Merry Christmas to all
- Midnight travelogue
- Minimalistic shopping
- Miracle worker
- Miracles around us
- Missing out
- Mixing cultures
- Modern family
- Mom had pockets
- Moms don’t lie, do they?
- Mother’s adventures
- Mother’s Day goes to the dogs
- Motherhood Á la arsenic
- Movies come to the suburbs
- My awful wedded wife
- My dad
- My dad wore shorts
- My daughter’s wedding dress
- My fair lady
- My family is not normal
- My favorite Christmas
- My first Spanish lesson
- My grandma can beat up your grandma
- My guy
- My life as a mother
- My life in the movies
- My new favorite holiday
- My take on politics
- Naked and wet
- Never far from a new start
- Never give up
- Never quite what I ask for
- Never the same again
- Never too old for a sleepover
- New and different things
- New car trauma
- New monkey in town
- New start
- Next to normal
- Nice moustache
- Night on the town
- Ninety eight and fair
- No closeup, please, Mr. DeMille
- No extra parts
- No makeup
- Not much changes over the generations
- Nothing he can’t do
- Number four
- Number twos try harder
- NutriSystem, my foot
- Off the path
- Oh, the marvelous things a thumb can do
- Oh, the wonderful things a tennis ball can do
- Old dog, new tricks
- Old movies, old jokes, old-ish folks
- On a roll
- On the fast track
- On the move
- On your terms
- Once a mom, always a mom
- Once upon a time
- One giant step for mankind
- One happy family
- One liners
- One Neptunian year
- One of those days
- One scoop shy of a sundae
- One spacial lady
- Ooohs and aaahs
- Open fly nuptials
- Open mic night
- Open your heart
- Opening night in Hollywood
- Optimistically slanted
- Orange kitties, Harry Potter and leftovers
- Oranges, socks, and earthquakes
- Out of the blue
- Out of warranty
- Packed crowd
- Papoose parenting
- Passing of the recipe
- Perfecto Mundo
- Pet detective
- Phone a friend
- Photography 101
- Pink octopus, the breakfast of champions
- Pirates’ chests
- Pitch in
- Pitter patter
- Planes, buses and automobiles
- Play ball
- Play it again, grandma
- Poinsettias in July
- Popcorn animals
- Postpartum blogging
- Press 1 for
- Progressive December
- Proud mama
- Pulling a Cabrillo
- Puppetry gone genius
- Purple crayons
- Quartzite
- Rainy days and Fridays
- Randon lines
- Recipe for beating a computer to death
- Red hot vacation
- Red pepper stickers
- Rekindle your iLove
- Remember when
- Remember when you were young
- Reminiscent
- Replaced by a washer
- Rescue from the death factory
- Reverse prayerology
- Ring the bell
- Rise and shout
- Rock out
- Rolling in the dough
- Room for three
- Rooster of lost causes
- Rubbing shoulders with the Greatest Generation
- Run, Bruce, run
- Sacrifice the queen
- Same-o, same-o
- Sands of our lives
- Sandwich generation
- Saturday morning
- Save a dollar, lose your mind
- Scared straight
- Scary, scary night
- Scene two
- School daze
- Seat of his pants
- Second born
- Second chances at love
- Seder light
- Self help overload
- Senior holiday activities
- Serenity Park
- Sesame Street was right
- Sewing on Sunday
- Shirley the pig
- Shopping is exercise
- Short(er) hair club
- Sick days at school
- Sign him up
- Sit down, hold on, and shut up
- Six degrees of separation
- Skipping stones and other stuff
- Sleepless nights
- Slutty whether
- Small things
- Smooth move
- Snowball effect
- So that’s why the baby laughs
- Some days a bug, some days a windshield
- Some days just aren’t funny
- Some things don’t change
- Someday it will be hilarious
- Something old, something new
- Somethings new, somethings not
- Sound of the crow
- Speed grandparenting
- Spring is in the air
- Spring is just around the corner
- St. Patrick’s Day meets Thai town
- Stand up
- Start your engines
- Step 15
- Still kicking
- Stop singing
- Street smarts
- Strike out
- Strings too short to save
- Stump chump
- Sunday buffets
- Sunday fellowshipping
- Sunday morning with kids
- Super awesome day at the garden
- Super Bowl do-over
- Surprise!
- Surrounded by super heroes
- Survival tips for wives of retirees
- Surviving life’s little pitfalls
- Suspicious circumstances
- Swimmer’s gone
- Tacky & sappy but merry wishes to you all
- Take me out to the ballgame
- Taking the risk
- Talk about insecurity
- Talk to the hand
- Technology is moving too fast for me
- Ten*
- Thanks to our veterans
- Thanksgiving in August
- That’s a stretch
- The artist
- The best gift — friends
- The best part of being a grandma
- The big red caboose
- The bouncer
- The case of the missing bacon
- The cook left
- The cook returned
- The cookie was right
- The corny geek
- The curse of the little phone
- The dare devil in me
- The day after
- The day it all came crashing down
- The dreaded day
- The E-life
- The forgotten holiday
- The four pop-a-teers
- The gaps in my life
- The girls we used to be
- The good old days
- The goodbye years
- The gym resolution
- The idiot behind the helpdesk
- The impossible dream
- The journey of the traveling swim suit
- The little dummy in all of us
- The little mouse that roared
- The little red truck and the big white boat
- The lost wise man
- The magic of Christmas
- The magic of grandma’s house
- The magic of the black Volvo
- The magic of youth
- The man who delivers
- The more things change
- The morning after
- The mouse turns one
- The ole’ swimming hole
- The perfect woman
- The pig is back
- The price of bread
- The price of stupid
- The principle of it
- The reluctant draggin’
- The secret of coping with bad days
- The shortened version
- The show must go on
- The sounds of yoga
- The Timex family
- The unique one
- The up side of down
- The waaaaah-bulance
- The wad
- The younger generation
- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
- There’s a teepee in my front yard
- Things are not as they appear
- Things I did not know
- Things I will never do again
- Things you shouldn’t say at a baseball game
- Thinking of bamboo
- Thirteen words
- This one’s for you, Mom
- Three on a match
- Through the eyes of a child
- Thumbs up
- To my valentine
- To tweet or not to tweet
- Too much information
- Too much time on my hands
- Tooth fairy substitute
- Top of the morning to you
- Top that
- Travel light
- Tribute to fathers
- Trick or treat
- Trip ahoy
- Turkey trot relay
- TV wars
- Twelve things I have done
- Twenty first century miracles
- Twenty ways you know you are getting old…
- Twice the husband, half the income
- Twins except
- Two and Oh, Dear
- Two for the road
- Two princesses and a prince
- Two sides to the conversation
- Two Twix workout
- Underwater
- Unfinished Christmas
- Unity at last
- Up, up and away
- Vacation plans
- Vacations are hard work
- Voices inside my head
- Wannabes
- Was it worth it?
- Wasn’t it yesterday?
- Watch what you eat
- Weekend at grandma’s
- Welcome chorus
- Welcome to motherhood
- Western ditty
- We’ll make pies
- What a bargain!
- What AARP doesn’t want you to know
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- What grandmas can do
- What is a family?
- What people do behind closed curtains
- What the heck?
- What they don’t tell you about growing old
- What to look for in a husband
- What we do for love
- What you don’t know can’t hurt you
- What you won’t hear in Sunday School
- What’s an imbalanced person like me doing yoga?
- What’s in a name?
- What’s in your purse?
- When dreams come true
- When I was young
- When it rains, it pours
- Where did the years go?
- Where’s the blue butterfly?
- Where’s the clown?
- While you were sleeping
- Whirl, click, click
- Who is Craig?
- Who said you couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again?
- Who steals the show?
- Who wants to know?
- Who would have guessed?
- Whoops!
- Why I am a pragmatist
- Why I don’t do balloons
- Why mothers shouldn’t be left alone
- Why senior groups keep getting larger
- Wild and crazy weekend
- Wild hairs
- Will you still love me?
- Wish me luck
- Word banks
- Worn out from laughing
- Wretched Ralph
- Yes man
- Yesterday when I was young
- Yoga after fifty
- Yoga and the Olympics
- You be the judge
- You broke my kids
- You know the drill
- You light up my life
- You want me to… what?
- You won’t believe it
- You’re in my spot
- You’re killing me, Larry
- Your life is a story
- Your name in lights
- Yours, mine, and mine
- You’ve come a long way baby
- Zookeeper
- ¿Dónde estás?
